United Combat Sports LLC held the Northwest's first Health, Fitness, and MMA Expo on Saturday January 23rd at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in the state's capital of Salem. This all day event was a resounding success and was capped off in the evening by 12 amateur cage fights. Team Chaos, Bully Gang MMA and Dog Pound all provided a number of fighters, with additional athletes hailing from Armstrong MMA, Art of War, Arsenal, Brave Legion, Full Force MMA, and 1 Independent.

The main event was a matchup at 150 pounds between Matt Slosser of Team Chaos and the Bully Gang's Shorty Weikel. Slosser worked quickly delivering a fight ending guillotine choke at a minute and a half through the first round. 

Matt Slosser defeats Shorty Weikel by Guillotine Choke

In the fight preceding the main event, also at 150 lbs, Joe Zambrano out of Team Chaos had his elbow dislocated on a throw by Arsenal's Zack Hector that instantly ended the fight just 43 seconds in. Submission of the night came in the fourth bout with an inverted armbar in the first round by featherweight Vince Barner of Team Chaos on the Dog Pound's Mitchell Jones. The KO of the night happened when heavyweight independent fighter, Kelly Nelson connected on a right that put Cameron Holsclaw of the Dog Pound to the canvas just 12 seconds in their fight.

Plenty more great action ensued with a pretty even mix of submission and TKO finishes, and one fight that went to decision. UFC Fighters Ed "Short Fuse" Herman, Mike Pierce, and Rick "The Horror" Story were cageside taking in the fights, as was legendary MMA fighter Matt "The Law" Lindland. UFC and IFL vet Reese Andy was also in the house providing his large pro cage for the night's fights.

(L to R) Rick Story, Matt Lindland, Mike Pierce, Ed Herman

The Resolution would not have been possible without its amazing sponsors including Vicious Fightgear, Max Muscle Sports Nutrition, CageCulture.com, Betty Lou's, CrossFit Salem, Dirty Boxer, Raw Revolution, Dead Meat Inc, All American Coffee Company, Venom Fight Skinz, Lockflow.com, Mona-Vie, Master's Tough Auto Hubbard Auto, Courthouse Athletic Club, Sub League, ExplosiveFighter.com, and NW Fightscene Magazine. Weighins were at EL Patron Bar & Grill, & the after party at On The Rocs.

United Combat Sports LLC will be hosting their next fight event on March 13th,

with additional dates May 1st, August 14th, and December 11th.

For more informantion, visit unitedcombatsports.com.